The Harder They Come

to have the freedom and easiness of being young. He keeps telling himself that all the fun he use to have and all of his imagination that he would take joy in needs to come to an end. Somehow now that he is hitting double digits maturity should come with that. He saw himself as invincible before 10, that "nothing but light" would come out of him if something were to happen to him, now he feels as if life will hurt like skinned knees,…

to flunk them, they will work harder. How does the “F word” cause students to change the way they act? Teachers have learned the treat of clunking is a positive teaching tool. In high school, teachers will do whatever it takes to get students a meaningless diploma. When a student starts college, most learn the skills they should have learned in high school. They learn they have been cheated by their educational system. They realize life after high school is much harder and that causes a…

The debate over whether parents should pay their children for good grades is getting more popular as the rate of high school dropouts is nearing 7,000 students a day. Parents have high hopes for their children when it comes to their future, so they typically emphasize how important education is to their children at a young age. Parents desperately look for ways to get their children’s minds off their smartphone applications and onto their school work, so they promise a cash reward or other…

What is your greatest challenge? Work harder. Work harder. Work harder. This seems to be the only thought that clouds my mind. As high schoolers, we’re put under a lot of pressure to be perfect by our parents, peers, and even teachers. This idea of being “perfect” is hard and maybe even impossible to achieve. A perfect student is described as someone who maintains an A average, participates in clubs and activities, constantly takes up leadership roles, plays multiple sports, the list goes on.…

Cons: A Look at Participation Trophies for Youth Athletes," Travis Armideo states, " If you’re the best at what you do and work harder then your competitors, rewards will come." This evidence shows that you need to work really, really hard to succeed in life. If you work at an office building with 30 other people who have the same qualifications as you, but you work harder then everyone else then you will get that manager position or that bonus, not the other 30 competitors. To sum it up, if you…

Smoking, the first thing that comes to mind is cigarettes. Most people are not noticing the rise of other types of smoking. The public has seen the effects of smoking cigarettes but there is a hidden killer out there that used to be illegal in all states, Marijuana. Everyone has seen what tobacco use can cause, cancer and premature death, that they forget that the effects of smoke on your lungs and the toxins in the smoke cause that. Not just the cigarettes do that, any kind of smoke or toxins…

messages can be sent saying emotionally hurtful messages. Even though these messages are being sent from their home, more are sent during school to distract the other student. Because this bullying is online and hardly physical, it is hard to notice and harder to stop and the repercussions of it are depression, anxiety, suicide, or all three. Cell phones should not be allowed on school grounds because it causes many distractions to a student's education, cheating is done more easily, and…

First example of formal words that were used “Gale ,Abash, Perches”. This words aren’t really the words I would currently use in my daily life and I don't think other people may use them so Emily Dickinson used this words to make the poem seem harder to understand. Even though the words were used in the cheerfully tone part of the poem some of this words could've mean something negative as in “Abash” -cause to feel ashamed, embarrassment. Dickinson not only used formal diction in “Hope”, but…

consequences are both positive and negative. His mindset of working harder allows him to help the farm grow. On the farm the animals have a goal of building a windmill, Boxer is a major key when it comes to building the windmill. It would be possible to say that the windmill was finished quicker because Boxer was so dedicated. Even though Boxers conformity results in positive outcomes, there are also many negative outcomes that come along as well. Boxer was essentially Napoleon’s slave, Boxer…

live in an airport. It specifically says, “My dad and I live in an airport”. Living in an airport can make your life stressing and hard. Also, they have to try not to be noticed. Not being noticed can be hard to do and it will make your life a lot harder and complicated. In the story it says, “Not to be noticed is to look like no one at all”. You would be alert the whole time and you would never be able to relax. This shows that life is hard. In the middle of the story, life is hard because…